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Honey bees have long been the model species for studying insect vision. However, new research shows that several smaller bee species might actually have sharper eyesight. The honey bee has held a special place in vision research. It is one of the best-studied insects, and much of what scientists know about how bees perceive the world is based on studies of honey bees. The honey bee is only one of the world's roughly 20,000 bee species.

New research involving more than one million Australian feedlot cattle has found that the strongest predictors of death from bovine respiratory disease (BRD) are established before animals even enter the feedlot, highlighting the importance of preventive measures on source properties.

Around one in four heart surgery patients develop serious lung complications – but a new Adelaide-led study is testing a simple bedside scan that could predict who is most at risk before symptoms appear. Novel research led by Calvary Adelaide Hospital (CAH) in partnership with Adelaide University is exploring whether a quick, non-invasive ultrasound of the thigh can flag early signs of post-operative decline in cardiac patients.

A new program from the Adelaide University’s Computer Science Education Research (CSER) Group will upskill teachers in the ways of Artificial Intelligence (AI). CSER, based in the School of Computer Science, has provided open, online professional learning in digital technologies, AI, cybersecurity and mathematics for Australian teachers since 2014. Now, CSER is partnering with the global charity the Raspberry Pi Foundation to bring the Experience AI program to Australia.

A desire to drive change in Australia’s response to children experiencing violence, abuse and neglect led Natasha Stott Despoja AO to accept the role of chair of the Advisory Board for the Australian Centre for Child Protection (ACCP) at Adelaide University. She will lead a high-profile board guiding the strategic direction of the ACCP, Australia’s premier research centre for the prevention and response to child abuse and neglect.

For its review of the Bail Act 1985 (SA), the South Australian Law Reform Institute (SALRI) is now commencing its community engagement, including visits to towns in regional South Australia, to seek input from interested parties and individuals. As an independent law reform body based at the Adelaide Law School at Adelaide University, SALRI’s wide-ranging review is assessing the Act's practical operation and role in the criminal justice system.

Improving the resilience and productivity of sheep in low rainfall farming systems is the focus of a new national collaborative research project. The project, shortened to ‘Climate Resilient Sheep Systems’, is being led by Adelaide University and Murdoch University, together with researchers, farmers and industry partners from across the country.

The long-term future of the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute has been secured with a landmark agreement that will bolster South Australia's global health and medical research capabilities. Under the new deal, SAHMRI and Adelaide University will unite their health and medical research capabilities, establishing one of the world’s most advanced research corridors along Adelaide’s North Terrace.

Adelaide researchers are challenging decades-old assumptions about brain cancer treatment in a bid to make radiation therapy more effective against tumours, while reducing damage to healthy tissue. The groundbreaking work, led by Professor Ivan Kempson from Adelaide University, has received $240,000 through the Mark Hughes Foundation Centre for Brain Cancer Research (MHF Centre) at the University of Newcastle to support an MHF Centre Innovation Node for Radiobiology.

Obesity and eating disorders have traditionally been treated as separate areas of healthcare – but the rapid rise of GLP-1 medicines is increasingly bringing the two together. Adelaide University researchers say the growing use of medicines such as Ozempic and Mounjaro is highlighting an under-recognised overlap between the conditions – and raising important questions about who could benefit and who may be at risk.